Me either, at all. Santiago was a borderline SP to me.

Maximize Santiago value in deal while he is wanted win for the Sox.

Eh.

There is a report now that the player the Dbacks would get from the Angels would have to pass through the Rule-5 draft on Thursday, which means this deal may not even get finalized for another 2 days. That blows. I hope that doesn't stop Hahn from making other moves now because he has to make sure this one goes through.

 

 

I blame te topic change for making us wait even longer for a trade to happen. I too hope we can get Howie somehow as well.

I hope Avi ends up being a middle of the lineup bat. I've been saying this for awhile, and my logic may be off but, I wanna see Lexi hit 2nd behind a guy who can consistently get on base(Eaton looks like he can be that guy). Last 3 years Lexi has hit .304/.346/.439 with runners on, in 749 ABs.

 

I'm thinking Eaton-Lexi-JDA-Dunn-Avi 1-5.

 

I don't mind that set-up, but I have a feeling that it will be

 

Eaton (L)

Alexei ®

Dunn (L)

JDA ®

Avi ®

 

Just to keep consistent w/ the L-R-L-R at the top of the order, and I think maybe the hope is that JDA will get Adam Dunn more fastballs to hit, assuming JDA becomes a feared enough hitter.

Now people are just making stuff up with the Albert Pujols involvement in the deal......rumor

Maximize Santiago value in deal while he is wanted win for the Sox.

 

2nd that

How many years did the Sox employ Mark Buehrle, and have him start opening day, and pitch him in the playoffs and WS? xFIP had nothing to do with him leaving.

 

xFIP predicts future performance, so I'd guess that's something they would consider when resigning someone.

And that's fine, I have no problem with that. They aren't the holy grail either. I think Santiago can certainly improve as a starter and his game will play much better in LA than it did and does here, but to me I think he will ultimately be more of a #3/4 rather than a #2/3. We will see though. I really like Eaton though and think he is going to be a nice addition.

 

Don't get me wrong, I'm absolutely fine with them trading Hector. I was just hoping for a little bit more in return. Of course, watch everyone overreact tomorrow if the prospect the Sox send in the deal is one of the bigger named guys in the system

Now people are just making stuff up with the Albert Pujols involvement in the deal......rumor

 

Why do that to us man!! Any tweets? Killing me if that's true I'd go crazy

Now people are just making stuff up with the Albert Pujols involvement in the deal......rumor

 

Lol, what? AZ doesn't have 1B open, and Sox don't have 1B or DH open. If that troll was smarter, he would have lied and said Josh Hamilton.

Why do that to us man!! Any tweets? Killing me if that's true I'd go crazy

 

From nobody credible....people are just pulling stuff out their butts now

There is a report now that the player the Dbacks would get from the Angels would have to pass through the Rule-5 draft on Thursday, which means this deal may not even get finalized for another 2 days. That blows. I hope that doesn't stop Hahn from making other moves now because he has to make sure this one goes through.

 

Sox can probably grab him at three and then trade him back as part of this deal I guess?

 

The White Sox got exactly what they needed in Eaton. While Santiago is a good pitcher he was used to get something that the Mitchell's of the world could not become.

I don't mind that set-up, but I have a feeling that it will be

 

Eaton (L)

Alexei ®

Dunn (L)

JDA ®

Avi ®

 

Just to keep consistent w/ the L-R-L-R at the top of the order, and I think maybe the hope is that JDA will get Adam Dunn more fastballs to hit, assuming JDA becomes a feared enough hitter.

 

Really like how this is coming along, still a work in progress. Of we can add Joe Buck into that as a platoon and fingers crossed getting Howie in this deal. I'd be getting really happy and our team would be pretty close to competing.

From nobody credible....people are just pulling stuff out their butts now

Im hearing the same thing, Pujols and Dunn are both in it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 10, 201312 yr by RockRaines

LOL, Throw in Dunn and get LAA to throw in about $180 million and the Sox can take on Pujols, sure.

Im hearing the same thing, Pujols and Dunn are both in it

 

Dick. Lol

 

 

 

 

 

 

Im hearing the same thing, Pujols and Dunn are both in it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ban this man

 

 

 

 

 

 

haha Rock forgot to put the winky emoticon in and I bet people saw it and freaked

Well the Sox do -- that's why they let MB walk, and that's probably one of the main reasons they're trading Santiago.

 

No, they let him walk because he was getting offered $58M and they foresaw a long rebuild.

I've been up for 2 hours now to get my final paper done of college, which is now due 2 hours from now, but this damn trade has totally distracted me. How am I supposed to write a beautiful feature story with this looming over my day?

 

HOW!!??!!?!?!?

I like Eaton as a prospect, but what nags at me is that all of the CF prospects we've invested in have failed to make an impact and we had to use a valuable resource to augment that position.

 

Still, disregarding that, seems like a fair deal (even though I really liked Santiago).

xFIP predicts future performance, so I'd guess that's something they would consider when resigning someone.

They re-signed him several times, paying him over $81 million in his career when his xFIP was no better than what it was his final season with the team.

I've been up for 2 hours now to get my final paper done of college, which is now due 2 hours from now, but this damn trade has totally distracted me. How am I supposed to write a beautiful feature story with this looming over my day?

 

HOW!!??!!?!?!?

 

Stop being a procrastinating bum?

Stop being a procrastinating bum?

Stop being a procrastinating bum?

 

It's reeeeeeeally a struggle.